A Strategically Difficult Process?

In speaking with the social workers at the Caritas office I was assigned to I have noticed that Germany has done as good of a job, as has been possible, with handling the influxes of migrants coming in to the country, but on a short-term plan. 

The processes the migrants go through are all recorded by countless required documents they have to fill out.  Each step requires so many different applications, so in this sense you see a very organized and strategic process.  However on the other hand you notice certain obstacles the migrants encounter that make you wonder, how can a state so organized and policy oriented overlook probable situations. 

For example, today I sat in a consultation between the social worker and a lady from Nigeria.  She had been in Germany long enough to where she was now able to and required to start attending integration classes, however not only were the classes a one hour bus ride away, but also she was in need of child care for her two children.  These classes are similar to a full-time job; they are all day.  The State does not offer childcare nor does the NGO.  I asked whether this was considered when making these classes a requirement, and it was advised that it is believed that this is another strategic way of making it difficult here in Germany, so as to discourage those that are already here from encouraging others to join them. 

Situations such as this and the long overwhelming process with countless applications could be streamlined and made less difficult, but no policies to make these changes are foreseen in the near future, especially with elections around the corner. ~ Patricia Ramirez